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The Beautiful Hill People – Humans of Garhwal

Humans of Garhwal, the title might be cheesy but the beautiful Hill People from Mussoorie needed a post of their own.

I love clicking people but I am often lazy, often shy. Often wondering if I am intruding their private space by clicking them. So I am often fighting with myself on whether or not to go shutter happy but this time around when I was in Mussoorie for a Garhwal food trail with JW Marriott, the beautiful hill people were too much to resist. They needed a post on their own for sure.

This is probably one of my favourite pictures from the trip (though I am guilty of not clicking too many anyways). At lakhamandal, while we had breakfast at the head pujari’s house. This granny looked on and told us a few stories. And then when I clicked her picture she told me “Bhej dena, mere baad inke kaam aayega”. (send the picture, after I go these folks can use it). It is amazing how casual people at that age are about life and death.

Hill People

A while later, her great grand daughter came and stood besides her and I got a shot which somehow intrigues me. They seem to be looking at the same thing but the perceptions and the expressions are so different. The excitement of youth and the wisdom of age.

Generations People

Part of the family that fed us a beautiful beautiful meal. That girl in pink holding the little one, she was so adorable. I wanted to give her a squishy hug.

Family Mussorie

And if you visit a temple, how can not there be a Pandit. This one did a Pooja which was so long, doing aarti of every stone. It left us wondering if he does it everyday or is posing for us today. (no offence meant to anyone)

Pandit Lakhamandal

Pandit

A man and his goat, and oh BTW we all were in love with the goat. Which seemed to know perfectly well how to pose.

Man and his goat

Don’t you love his smile?

Old Man

All over garhwal, people opened their houses and fed us with such warmth. These were the ladies that made us one such beautiful meal.

Garhwali Ladies

And this boy, played a dhool (drums) larger than him and boy he did play it well.

Drumming Child

 

PS: Stay tuned for post on the culinary experience coming soon, I have so much to write that I don’t know where to start 🙂

PPS : I did have a Faces of India series on my little photo blog that is dying a slow death now. Wondering if I should just go ahead and merge it with this one

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  1. Anindya Sundar Basu says

    June 23, 2017 at 1:06 am

    nice crisp travel story Monika. Will look forward to more of these

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    • monika says

      June 23, 2017 at 4:47 am

      Thanks Anindya 🙂

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Monika is an ex-IT person turned into a food blogger, consultant, home baker and an amateur food photographer. She loves music, writing, food, and travel, but not necessarily in that order ;)

Sin-A-Mon Tales is a canvas for her food memories. Apart from Sin -A- Mon Tales, Monika also writes for many online websites and publications. She's an avid reader and can always be found with a book in her bag, which mostly is as bright as her. She's an obsessive traveler and is always looking for the next food story. Read More…

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